NFL Archives

NFL dream now a reality for 2017 grad of Philadelphia Jesuit high school

Jun 3, 2020

The NFL announced May 7 it is planning a return to its regular season in the fall, and among the players on the roster for the Detroit Lions will be Philadelphia native and St. Joseph’s Prep star D’Andre Swift.

By John Knebels

Once he retires, NFL quarterback to coach at Catholic high school

May 25, 2020

Philip Rivers said he fulfilled one childhood dream by playing quarterback in the NFL. He’ll soon fulfill another by coaching high school football.

By Rob Herbst

Catholic bishop takes tongue-in-cheek shot at Tom Brady

May 22, 2020

Not even a Hail Mary is going to help Tom Brady win a seventh Super Bowl championship now that he’s with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, according to one Catholic bishop.

By Associated Press

Saints emails, lawsuits could be buried in church bankruptcy

May 6, 2020

A bankruptcy filing by New Orleans’ Roman Catholic archdiocese freezes sexual abuse lawsuits and could help bury the details of alleged coverups of predator priests and thousands of internal emails documenting a behind-the-scenes alliance with the New Orleans Saints.

By Jim Mustian and Michael Rezendes

Official: Saints emails on clergy crisis should stay secret

Apr 10, 2020

Hundreds of emails detailing the New Orleans Saints’ efforts to conduct damage control for the area’s Roman Catholic archdiocese amid its clergy sexual abuse crisis should remain shielded from the public, a court official recommended Thursday.

By Jim Mustian

NFL Saints backed by church in effort to keep emails secret

Feb 21, 2020

An attorney for New Orleans’s Catholic archdiocese Thursday strongly defended the New Orleans Saints’ behind-the-scenes help in dealing with the clergy sex abuse crisis, saying the legal effort to release hundreds of confidential emails between them is aimed at trying to shame those “who had the audacity” to back the church.

By Jim Mustian